Dana Linnell
Host of EvaluLand
Dana Linnell, PhD is an assistant professor of psychology in evaluation at University of Wisconsin-Stout. She is also an evaluation consultant, specializing in programs serving children and youth. She holds a Master's degree in Positive Developmental Psychology and a PhD in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods from Claremont Graduate University. Her research interests involve program evaluation, applied developmental psychology, and positive youth development.
Dana Linnell has hosted 46 Episodes.
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13: Out-of-School-Time Evaluation
November 24th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
after-school programs, covid-19, demystifying data, evaluation, out-of-school time
In this episode, I chat with Aasha Joshi and Hannah Lantos about their recent chapter "Demystifying data: Strategies and tools for making data more meaningful in OST programs" in the recently released book Measure, Use, Improve! Data use in out-of-school time, edited by Christina Russell and Corey Newhouse.
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12: Eval20 Virtual Experience - Post-Conference Reflections
November 10th, 2020 | 34 mins 35 secs
american evaluation association, conference, eval20, evaluation
In this episode, eight evaluators and I share thoughts and reflections after AEA 2020 virtual experience.
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11: Eval20 Virtual Experience - Pre-Conference Reflections
October 27th, 2020 | 40 mins 20 secs
american evaluation association, conference, eval20, evaluation
In this episode, nine evaluators and I share thoughts and reflections about the upcoming AEA 2020 virtual experience.
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10: Nonprofit Evaluation and Music with Chari Smith
October 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 5 mins
evaluation
This week, Chari Smith joins me to talk about nonprofit evaluation, how to build a culture of evaluation, the relationship between music and evaluation, and the AEA conference.
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9: R with David Keyes
September 29th, 2020 | 1 hr 5 mins
courses, evaluation, r
This week I chat with David Keyes about R and our new course on inferential statistics with R.
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8: Solopreneurship with Ann K. Emery
September 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
consulting, data visualization, entreprenurship, evaluation, teaching
This week I am joined by Ann K. Emery about her journeys in evaluation and entrepreneurship. Ann K. Emery is an internationally-acclaimed speaker who equips organizations to get their data out of dusty spreadsheets and into real-world conversations. She now runs Depict Data Studio.
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7: Trust and Numbers with Anjie Rosga
September 1st, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins
evaluation, objectivity, power, trust, truth
This week, we’re chatting with AnnJanette, or Anjie, Rosga about objectivity, trust and numbers, truth and power, and more.
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6: Research Roundup
August 18th, 2020 | 50 mins 25 secs
advocacy, evaluation, evaluation theory, research on evaluation, social justice
This week I discuss some of the latest Research on Evaluation (RoE) articles that have come out in 2020.
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5: MS in Applied Psychology - Evaluation Reflections
August 4th, 2020 | 25 mins 37 secs
education, evaluation, graduate school, higher education, ms applied psychology, msap, teaching
After my first year teaching at UW-Stout in the MS in Applied Psychology program, three of my students reflected on their experiences in the program in general and in the evaluation courses specifically.
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4: Teaching Evaluation and Supporting Students and Colleagues of Color with Ayesha Boyce
July 21st, 2020 | 46 mins 58 secs
evaluation, mentoring students, students of color, supporting colleagues, teaching evaluation
This week I am joined by Dr. Ayesha Boyce, assistant professor of educational research methodology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, to discuss teaching evaluation and supporting students and colleagues of color.
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3: Evaluation Education and Data Cleaning with Jennifer Ann Morrow
July 7th, 2020 | 55 mins 25 secs
data cleaning, evaluation, evaluator education, teaching evaluation
This week I am joined by Dr. Jennifer Ann Morrow, the program coordinator of the Evaluation Statistics and Measurement doctoral program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. We talked about teaching evaluation and data cleaning in evaluation.
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2: Meta-Evaluation, Research on Evaluation, & Evaluation Theory with Zach Tilton
June 23rd, 2020 | 55 mins 58 secs
evaluation, evaluation theory, meta-evaluation, research on evaluation
This week I am joined by Zach Tilton, a Doctoral Research Associate at the Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation Program at Western Michigan University. We discussed research on evaluation and meta-evaluation.
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1: Strategic Evaluation with Kathleen Doll
June 9th, 2020 | 38 mins 16 secs
evaluation, kathleen doll, strategic evaluation
This week I am joined by Kathleen Doll, who recently completed her PhD at Claremont Graduate University. We discuss her dissertation on strategic planning in evaluation design.
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